The following events occurred in March 1961:
March 3, 1961: Hassan II becomes new King of Morocco
March 8, 1961: Scotland's Holy Loch begins hosting American nuclear missile submarine
March 18, 1961: Launch of Little Joe 5A
March 24, 1961: Launch of Mercury-Redstone BD
The following events occurred in January 1961:
January 20, 1961: Kennedy inaugurated as 35th U.S. President
January 17, 1961: Outgoing U.S. President Eisenhower warns against the "military-industrial complex"
January 24, 1961: Nuclear bomb accidentally dropped on Goldsboro, NC
January 1, 1961: British farthing, worth 1⁄4 a penny, discontinued after 600 years